Under the common law, an employer is under a duty to furnish an employee with a
sufficient number of competent fellow employees for the work involved.
In January, a buyer and a seller agreed on the sale of 10,000 pounds of tomatoes to be
delivered on July The contract stated that the seller would set the price on June 15 and
that the buyer would pay the price on delivery. On June 15, the market price of
tomatoes was approximately 75 cents per pound. The seller set the price at $50 per
pound and the buyer demanded that the price be lowered.
When the parties could not agree, a lawsuit developed. The key issue was whether the
seller had the right to set the $1.50 price. Decide.
A third person does not have the status of an intended third-party beneficiary unless it is
clear at the time the contract was formed that the parties intended to impose a direct
obligation with respect to the third person.
Many changes have been made to the Constitution by the constitutional method of
amending.
A consignment sale is treated as a sale or return under UCC Article 2.
The rights of a third-party beneficiary always can be destroyed without that
beneficiary’s consent.
The public has access to the activity of administrative agencies in three ways: (1) open
records, (2) open meetings, and (3) public announcement of agency guidelines.
If a prospective employee offers a driver’s license and a Social Security card to verify
employment eligibility in the United States the employer is prohibited from requiring
other documentation.
Limited liability partnership statues are designed to permit the conversion of existing
general partnerships into limited liability partnerships.
Economic duress, in the form of a reluctance to enter into a financially demanding
instrument, is a universal defense.
The principle behind the quasi contract is to prevent unjust enrichment.
The bank that tells the beneficiary that a letter of credit has been issued is known as the
correspondent bank.
A factual incapacity may exist when, because of a mental condition caused by
medication, drugs, alcohol, illness, or age, a person does not understand that a contract
is being made or understand its general nature.
When a provision of an endorsement conflicts with a provision of a policy, the
endorsement controls.
Under no-fault insurance, an insurer is obligated to pay an injured person without
regard to whose fault caused the harm.
When the contract requires that both parties submit disputes to arbitration, this is an
example of a limitation-of-remedies clause.
A copyright owner may prohibit even limited use of copyrighted material if it is used
for parody or criticism.
The principal is bound by knowledge but not by notice of any fact that is acquired by an
agent while acting within the scope of actual or apparent authority.
If a restrictive covenant is valid, it binds only the original grantee in the deed that
created the covenant.
Nuisances may be classified as either private nuisances or public nuisances.